Month: April 2018

This photograph shows brothers Bo and Matt Masuyama in 2003. Bo was part of a contingent of Hawaii Air National Guard members who flew opportune airlift to McGhee Tyson ANGB, Tennessee to the Academy of Military Science graduation. Matt was of…

click on photograph to enlarge On September 22, 2009, the 154th Wing hosted as ceremony and luncheon to honor the last F-15 Eagle left the Hawaii Air National Guard flightline. It was aircraft 77-074, but we couldn’t find the name…

Congratulations to Gerald Silva. Governor David Ige nominated him to a term on the Hawai'i Advisory Council on Emergency Management. This term runs to June 30, 2022. Originally established in 1951, the Advisory Council serves as a resource to the…

Norman Higa served in the medical unit initially as a Traditional Guardmember and later as a technician. This photograph was probably taken in the 1970s based on his rank.

This undated photograph shows Kenneth Iinuma and Randall Lum of the Weapons Shop. Based on the uniforms and ranks, the photograph was taken in the late 70s or the early 80s.

Robert "Bob" Wah Kwon Chang, 79, passed away on February 5, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. Robert was born on September 19, 1938 in Honolulu to Koon Kau and Alice Chang. Bob spent his career playing the clarinet and saxophone in the…

Wilfred Seiji Takabayashi, 86, of Waimanalo, an Army veteran and retired Master Sergeant for the Hawaii Army National Guard, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on March 7, 2018. He was born in Honolulu and graduated from Saint…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph was taken in late 1959/early 1960 at the Hawaii Air National Guard's alert facility. The 154th Fighter Group was in the middle of an aircraft conversion from the F-86 Sabre to the F-102…

From the Adjutant General’s Facebook page The State of Hawaii, Department of Defense assisted Kauai County with a Task Force of over 45 personnel on State Active Duty. Hawaii National Guardsmen, along with Soldiers from the Active Duty 25th Combat…

This photograph is from the retirement party for Roy Matsumura after the June 1994 drill weekend. After serving in the Air Force, Roy returned to Hawaii and joined the 201st Combat Communications Group. During his Hawaii Air National Guard career,…